I've done Armagh too and my first season went a bit like MacScarfe's with retirements and sudden wage demands. I usually start with Armagh 'cos I reckoned in 01/02 there wasn't either a leage or team that was worse; it's amazing how the players who were first out of the door in 01/02 are 'stars' in CM4, while the old 'indispensible' ones are useless in CM4.
After 4 seasons I took them to upper mid-table in the Premier Division. I think that was as far as I could take them (although I reckon I could have got them even further into debt

), so I jumped ship to take over the reigns at Galway in the Republic - where I've doubled the wage bill with no noticible improvement in results

.